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HER Number:

MDV103144

Name:

Wheelwright's stone on Whitchurch Common

Summary

Former wheel-binding stone used by a wheelwright to fit an iron tyre around the outside rim of a wooden wheel. Stone is located adjecnt to the Grimstone and Sortridge Leat, near the remains of a 19th century blacksmith's workshop.

Location

Grid Reference:

SX 536 747

Map Sheet:

SX57SW

Admin Area

Dartmoor National Park

Civil Parish

Whitchurch

District

West Devon

Ecclesiastical Parish

WHITCHURCH

Protected Status

SHINE: Northern section of the leat that served the medieval manor houses of Grimstone and Sortridge

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

WHEELWRIGHTS STONE (XIX to XXI - 1860 AD to 2012 AD)

Full description

Woods, S. H., 1988, Dartmoor Stone, 276 (Monograph). SDV346790.

A very fine example of a wheel-binding stone remains above the Grimstone and Sortridge Leat in Backamoor Coombe, with the remains of a blacksmith's shop nearby.